Liverpool Lore: An homage to Fernando Torres, a World Cup winner and Merseyside heartbreaker

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Rarely do we see a player take over the city of Liverpool; Torres did exactly that.His armband proved he was a RedFernando Torres was one of those once-in-a-generation talents. Absolutely preposterous numbers.He was almost like he was part of the furniture at the Metropolitano, and he hadn’t even hit his prime yet.The Chelsea cash machine had been sniffing around El Niño for a couple of years prior to his move to Liverpool.

Is it such a shock that he’d turn Chelsea down and join us?He’d grown up to support and perform for the underdog, so I guess we all have his Grandfather to thank for that.The Liverpool Love AffairThe affection and love were immediate. At a time when we needed someone to finish the endless chances Steven Gerrard would create, we might have just found him.Whenever you ask a Liverpool fan to tell you their favourite Fernando Torres moment, he’s one of the few players in a red shirt that would get multiple different answers.

Whilst we never took them for granted, I, for one, never fully felt their impact until they left.Perhaps I should have been more appreciative whilst they were here, but that’s the Liverpool standard, and these types of players never disappointed.Liverpool v Benfica - UEFA Europa League | John Cocks/GettyImagesSo when I’m asked, ‘what's you favourite Torres moment?’ You could say Arsenal in the Champions League quarterfinal at Anfield. Acceptance for me came in realizing that he’d made the wrong decision, but I wasn’t even happy about it.In the four seasons he spent at Chelsea, he found the net 20 times.